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A drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks play important roles in human culture. Common types of drinks include plain drinking water, milk, juice, smoothies and soft drinks. Traditionally warm beverages include coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Caffeinated drinks that contain the stimulant caffeine have a long history.

In addition, alcoholic drinks such as wine, beer, and liquor, which contain the drug ethanol, have been part of human culture for more than 8,000 years. Non-alcoholic drinks often signify drinks that would normally contain alcohol, such as beer, wine and cocktails, but are made with a sufficiently low concentration of alcohol by volume. The category includes drinks that have undergone an alcohol removal process such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines. (Full article...)

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Zinfandel grapes ripening

Zinfandel (also known as Primitivo) is a variety of black-skinned wine grape. The variety is grown in over 10 percent of California vineyards. DNA analysis has revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grapes Crljenak Kaštelanski and Tribidrag, as well as to the Primitivo variety traditionally grown in Apulia, Italy, where it was introduced in the 18th century, and Kratošija in Montenegro. The grape found its way to the United States in the mid-19th century, where it became known by variations of a name applied to a different grape, likely "Zierfandler" from Austria.

The grapes typically produce a robust red wine, although, in the United States, a semi-sweet rosé (blush-style) wine called White Zinfandel has six times the sales of the red wine. The grape's high sugar content can be fermented into levels of alcohol exceeding 15 percent.

The taste of the red wine depends on the ripeness of the grapes from which it is made. Red berry fruit flavors like raspberry predominate in wines from cooler areas, whereas blackberry, anise and pepper notes are more common in wines made in warmer areas and in wines made from the earlier-ripening Primitivo clone. (Full article...)

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... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
... that Maxine North swore never to return to Thailand after the death of her undercover CIA husband, but ultimately settled there and introduced bottled water to the country?
... that the Buddha is said to have sat under a charoli tree at Bodh Gaya for seven days without eating, drinking, washing, excreting, or lying down?
... that Al-Rantisi Hospital can extract drinking water from air?
... that Ben Phillips replaced his friend's hair gel with superglue, put Viagra in his sports drink, and placed him on a lake while he slept on an inflatable mattress?

... that Coca-Cola was originally invented by John Pemberton in 1886 as a medicine?

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Image 1Peach kompot, traditional to several countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. (from List of national drinks)
Image 2Palm wine is collected, fermented and stored in calabashes in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 3Coca-Cola is thought by many to be a symbol of the US. (from List of national drinks)
Image 4Singapore Sling, a gin-based sling cocktail from the city-state Singapore. (from List of national drinks)
Image 5Beer being poured from a cask (from List of drinks)
Image 6A typical informal faikava in Tonga with the touʻa serving the men. (from List of national drinks)
Image 7The popular Indian drink mango lassi. (from List of national drinks)
Image 8Per capita, Turkey drinks more tea than any other nation. (from List of national drinks)
Image 9Classical Chinese tea set and three gaiwan. (from List of national drinks)
Image 10Indian Masala chai served in a red clay tea cup. (from List of national drinks)
Image 11Various distilled drinks (from List of drinks)
Image 122004 data of alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 or older), per year, by country, in liters of pure alcohol (from List of drinks)
Image 13Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil and is made from cachaça, lime, and sugar. (from List of national drinks)
Image 14Kvass, popular in the Baltic and Slavic countries. (from List of national drinks)
Image 15Bottled beer (from List of drinks)
Image 16Ice milk and lemon tea (from List of drinks)
Image 17A fully supplied bar with various types of drinks (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 18A berele glass containing tej, a honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
Image 19Bottles of Zhuyeqing (Chu Yeh Ching) baijiu produced in Shanxi, China. (from List of national drinks)
Image 20Red wine is popular in many European countries, notably France and Italy. (from List of national drinks)
Image 21Bosnian Coffee accessory manufacturers' small shops in Baščaršija - drink is important part of country's culture, and was major part of its economy in the past. (from List of national drinks)
Image 22Cider (from List of drinks)
Image 23Guinness, a dry stout beer, is strongly associated with Ireland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 24Clear vodka served with pickled cucumber – the usual way of consuming it in Slavic countries of the so-called "vodka belt". (from List of national drinks)
Image 25Founders Old Curmudgeon old ale (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 26A display of spirits in a supermarket (from List of drinks)
Image 27Various views of a bottle of mezcal. The "worm", which is actually the larval form of the moth Hypopta agavis that lives on the agave plant, can be seen in the middle image, at the bottom of the bottle. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 28Various bottles and containers of Russian vodka (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 29Kaapi, Indian filter coffee. (from List of national drinks)
Image 30The new Seven Color Tea, a recent competitor for national drink of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 31Desi daru from India (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 32A Glencairn whisky glass. (from List of national drinks)
Image 33The 7-layered tea of Bangladesh. (from List of national drinks)
Image 34A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte absinthe, next to an absinthe spoon (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 35Krupnik, a national drink of Poland. (from List of national drinks)
Image 36A kvass street vendor in Belgorod, Russia, 2013. (from List of national drinks)
Image 37Lemon, lime and bitters is commonly consumed in Australia and New Zealand. (from List of national drinks)
Image 38Mixed drinks: a non-alcoholic Shirley Temple (left) and alcoholic Cosmopolitan (right) (from List of drinks)
Image 39Characteristics of boba tea (also known as "bubble tea" or "pearl milk tea") -- the national drink of Taiwan -- are the tapioca balls that rest at the bottom of the beverage that are drunk with a wide straw. (from List of national drinks)
Image 40Mate, a traditional beverage in southern South America, especially in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the south of Brazil. (from List of national drinks)
Image 41A glass mug of mugicha, a type of roasted barley tea (from List of drinks)
Image 42A hard cider produced in Michigan, U.S. (from List of alcoholic drinks)
Image 43Many in both Peru and Chile think that pisco sour is their national drink. (from List of national drinks)
Image 44Thai iced tea is a popular drink in Thailand and in many parts of the world. (from List of national drinks)

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Flaming drink

Credit: Nik Frey (niksan)

"Flaming" cocktails contain a small amount of flammable high-proof alcohol which is ignited prior to consumption.

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Pierre Brejoux was Inspector General of the Appellation d'Origine Controlee Board, which controls the production of top French wines. he served as an expert wine taster in the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976. In the blind tasting, California wines won both the red and white wine categories. After the tasting, there were many calls for him to resign his position as Inspector General because so many people and groups were highly displeased with the results. He later revealed to George Taber that he traveled to California in 1974 and 'learned a lot - to my surprise...'. Brejoux also authored several books on French wine. (Full article...)

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“

In victory I deserve Champagne, in defeat I need it.

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— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Carrageenans or carrageenins (/ˌkærəˈɡiːnənz/ KARR-ə-GHEE-nənz; from Irish carraigín 'little rock') are a family of natural linear sulfated polysaccharides that are extracted from red edible seaweeds. Carrageenans are widely used in the food industry, for their gelling, thickening, and stabilizing properties. Their main application is in dairy and meat products, due to their strong binding to food proteins. In recent years, carrageenans have emerged as a promising candidate in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications as they resemble native glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). They have been mainly used for tissue engineering, wound coverage, and drug delivery.

Carrageenans contain 15–40% ester-sulfate content, which makes them anionic polysaccharides. They can be mainly categorized into three different classes based on their sulfate content. Kappa-carrageenan has one sulfate group per disaccharide, iota-carrageenan has two, and lambda-carrageenan has three.

A common red seaweed used for manufacturing the hydrophilic colloids to produce carrageenan is Chondrus crispus (Irish moss), which is a dark red parsley-like alga that grows attached to rocks. Gelatinous extracts of the Chondrus crispus seaweed have been used as food additives since approximately the fifteenth century. Carrageenan is a vegetarian and vegan alternative to gelatin in some applications, so may be used to replace gelatin in confectionery and other food. There is no clinical evidence for carrageenan as an unsafe food ingredient, mainly because its fate after digestion is inadequately determined.

The first industrial scale commercial cultivation of Eucheuma and Kappaphycus spp. for carrageenan was developed in the Philippines. The global top producers of carrageenan are the Philippines and Indonesia. Carrageenan, along with agar, are used to produce traditional jelly desserts in the Philippines called gulaman.

Used in Cream, Milkshakes, Soy milk.

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Soft Drinks:	Carbonation • Cola • Orange soft drink • Frozen carbonated drink • Root beer • Soda water • Lithia water •
Miscellaneous:	Drink industry • Lemonade • Limeade • Orange drink • Slush (beverage)

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WikiProject Food & Drink is an association of Wikipedians with an interest in culinary-related subjects. They have come together to co-ordinate the development of food and drink articles here on Wikipedia as well as the many subjects related to food such as foodservice, catering and restaurants. If you wish to learn more about these subjects as well as get involved, please visit the project.

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